Juan Sombrero
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Hi all,
I finally convinced our IT department to allow me a laptop upgrade, in order to smoothly run PowerPivot&Query. The ask me now to make a suggestion about what it is I need, and motivate it.
I am aware I wil need a 64bit OS + Office.
Could somebody help me to motivate my hardware requirement? What should I focus on and why, how will it influence the performance of my Power reports.
Processor/Ram memory (specific type?)/other specs I should focus on but overlook?
Thx in advance!
Regards,
Juan
I finally convinced our IT department to allow me a laptop upgrade, in order to smoothly run PowerPivot&Query. The ask me now to make a suggestion about what it is I need, and motivate it.
I am aware I wil need a 64bit OS + Office.
Could somebody help me to motivate my hardware requirement? What should I focus on and why, how will it influence the performance of my Power reports.
Processor/Ram memory (specific type?)/other specs I should focus on but overlook?
Thx in advance!
Regards,
Juan
The only thing I can really say here is that... # of cores... is not a terribly useful metric in this world. Fast memory helps, and fast cpu helps. And make sure you have enough memory (as running out of memory is deadly in power pivot).
